Mount Everest
Top of Earth
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, rising 29,032 feet (8,849 meters) in the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet.
Reaching its summit represents the ultimate mountaineering achievement: He dreamed of climbing Mount Everest.
Figuratively, any Mount Everest is a supreme challenge in one's field: Proving that theorem was the Mount Everest of her career.
Rapid mountain snow collapse
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
death zone · corpses · overcrowding · traffic jam · exposure · exhaustion · windchill · rockfall
Upward movement
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- base campExpedition's operational hub
- high campDeliberately exaggerated bad taste
- fixed ropesPermanently anchored climbing lines
ladder · crampons · ice axe · carabiner · harness · belay · crevasse · serac
Height above reference point
- heightVertical extent upward
- death zoneUnsurvivable high altitude region
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
hypoxia · altitude sickness · acclimatization · barometric pressure · above sea level · highest point · atmosphere · supplemental oxygen
South Asian mountain nation
Baggage carrier or dark brew
- expedition leaderChief of organized journey
- climbing permitDocument allowing peak ascent
- climbing seasonPeriod for mountain ascents
- summit bidEffort to reach peak
oxygen tanks · tent · sleeping bag · expedition team · logistics · supplies · weather window
- 1953Mid-century year
- 1924Specific calendar year
- first ascentInitial summit of peak
- first womanPrimordial female human
avalanche
Rapid mountain snow collapse
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- whiteoutSnow blindness weather
storm · death zone · corpses · overcrowding · traffic jam · exposure · exhaustion · windchill · rockfall
ascent
Upward movement
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- base campExpedition's operational hub
- high campDeliberately exaggerated bad taste
fixed ropes · ladder · crampons · ice axe · carabiner · harness · belay · crevasse · serac · icefall
elevation
Height above reference point
- heightVertical extent upward
- death zoneUnsurvivable high altitude region
- thin airSeeming nothingness
oxygen deprivation · hypoxia · altitude sickness · acclimatization · barometric pressure · above sea level · highest point · atmosphere · supplemental oxygen · oxygen bottles
Nepal
South Asian mountain nation
yak · Tibetan Plateau · border · north face
porter
Baggage carrier or dark brew
- expedition leaderChief of organized journey
- climbing permitDocument allowing peak ascent
- climbing seasonPeriod for mountain ascents
summit bid · oxygen tanks · tent · sleeping bag · expedition team · logistics · supplies · weather window
Edmund Hillary
- 1953Mid-century year
- 1924Specific calendar year
- first ascentInitial summit of peak
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges River, Yangtze River
- HimalayasK2, Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, Himalayan peaks
- South AsiaIndia, Indian states, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hindustan
- Asian LandmarksAngkor Wat, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army
- Asian landscapesHimalayas, rice terraces, Yangtze River, Yellow River, bamboo forests
- Asian Naturebamboo forest, Bengal tiger, giant panda, Himalayas, rice paddy
Mount EverestMariana Trench
Deepest oceanic chasm
Challenger Deep · Dead Sea · Death Valley · sea level · ocean floor
Mount EverestMariana Trench
Deepest oceanic chasm
Challenger Deep · ocean trench · lowlands · flatlands · plains
Mount Everestmolehill
Burrower's earth pile
anthill · sea level · base camp · flat ground
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